diff --git a/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml b/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml
index 8320889b4292..361f7365821e 100755
--- a/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml
+++ b/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
       <version>0.14.4</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.revapi:revapi;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>2.10.5.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;cqr_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
index 80391c155728..7c869f17f659 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
+++ b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
@@ -374,3 +374,6 @@ spring_com.microsoft.azure:azure;1.34.0
 # sdk\appconfiguration\azure-spring-cloud-feature-management-web\pom.xml
 appconfig_spring_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations;2.11.4
 appconfig_spring_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;2.11.4
+
+# eng\code-quality-reports\pom.xml
+cqr_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;2.10.5.1